Co-founder Antonluigi Gozzi came up with the idea after working in the mining industry and seeing a disconnect in the way recruitment was done.

“I always thought that labour demand and supply wasn’t very well matched in the industry,” Gozzi says, “It was always very difficult for companies to find the people they needed.”

So, like any good entrepreneur, he did something about it and so far the numbers speak for themselves. Just shy of 20,000 employees have already signed up as well as 685 companies in the sites four short weeks of operation.

That’s a fantastic result that speaks volumes for the platform, especially given no formal marketing was done.

“We created FIFObids to give people ownership and transparency in the recruitment process through an open market, and so far they are choosing to enter the marketplace.” Gozzi says.

To help businesses get a feel for the platform, every company gets two free bids a month. Gozzi says this is important to allow small and medium businesses to get a feel for the process without incurring any costs.